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Roadkill (aka:Guy DeCou)'s Comment
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I to would like thank Brett and whoever else came up with the High Road. If it wasn't for that program I would have made my self stir crazy trying to memorize all the wrong things. I just took my CDL permit test in Texas and passed it first try and I can say I owe it this wonderful site. The High Road makes learning something actually fun and it is amazing the retention that I held. Can't thank y'all enough.

Told ya..!!smile.gif

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
R S.'s Comment
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I just wanted to say thanks to Brett and Co. I passed the Gen knowledge, air brakes and combo here in Wa. state. In Wa. you only have to pass the Gen Knowledge to get your permit(apparently in other states you have to take all three to get the permit). I will be going to a school in Mo. so I am not taking any more of the tests until I get there since I don't know if any of the test results are transferable(I may have to take air brake and combo test again in MO.) I fully intend to keep doing the modules until I have my CDL and all endorsements. I would highly recommend to anyone considering taking the tests to use this program. The page by page breakdown and repetitive reinforcement testing is quite effective for remembering a lot of material in a short time frame. Thanks again for this excellent study aid.

Rick

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Brett Aquila's Comment
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Hey I'm really glad to hear it! Congrats!!!

Panda Man's Comment
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The training on this site is the only material I used to study for my CDL. I passed all three test with 100% Not to mention when I got my cdl permit and went to swift academy when they sent me through the Log book and hazmat classes I already knew everything. I have recommended this site to everyone I have came across looking for any information on anything to do with trucking. You don't need the book you don't need to pay a different site. If you take the time to go through the training here I would be surprised if you failed.

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

HAZMAT:

Hazardous Materials

Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations

Brett Aquila's Comment
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Thanks Panda Man and congrats on the testing!

Daniel H.'s Comment
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I agree the High Road training program is great. I haven't taken my CDL permit test yet, but I've done well taking tests on Driver Solutions eGears test and one other trucking site that I can't recall at the moment.

One question though: How do you complete it? I have a 99% score and have completed 99% of it. Everything shows green, but I can't seem to finish it. When I got to the end of the Weights and Balances section (page 118) it kept going and giving me more review questions. I thought it was malfunctioning, so I tried to go through quickly just to get to the end. I even got a couple of halts because of it! smile.gif

So I'd like to get to 100% complete, but I'm not sure how to do it. Should I just go to the end of page 118 and keep doing review problems until it stops giving them to me?

Again, great program, Brett!

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Tim L.'s Comment
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It definitely has impressed me. I am only about 35% through it so far. I did not think I would have much chance of passing, but I decided to take a practice test on another site that was timed and 50 questions, just on General Knowledge. I only missed three questions out of the 50 and zipped right through it. I am so certain of passing the written exams at Texas DPS that I will not even be worried at all after finishing the High Road.

Brett Aquila's Comment
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If you get through that High Road CDL Training Program, you will most certainly be able to breeze through any written exams the DOT or truck driving schools would like to give you. That program is highly effective! smile.gif

One question though: How do you complete it? I have a 99% score and have completed 99% of it. Everything shows green, but I can't seem to finish it.

rofl-3.gif I'm so sorry about that. That's my bad. When I was setting up the feature that shows the percentage you've completed, I did what I expected to be a temporary setup and it tops out at 99%. I want to set it up to do one more check before I give the 100% but I haven't programmed that in yet. So if all of the sections show green, you're done! But it won't show 100%.

Sorry! confused.gifsmile.gif

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

DOT:

Department Of Transportation

A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.

State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.

Daniel H.'s Comment
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So if all of the sections show green, you're done! But it won't show 100%.

That's a relief! There for a while, I felt like I was going in circles. There was always another set of questions. I think it put me into the quiz portion of the training.

Thanks.

Jeff E.'s Comment
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I recently passed my CDL permit for Missouri with all endorsements (except Charter & School Bus). I originally started studying the CDL guide by DMV , but it was taking a lot of time to go through and learn what I needed to learn. I don't have any trucking influence in my past, so learning the tractor and trailer parts and processes was very challenging.

I didn't know what a spring hanger was, so I decided to Google it up to further educate myself. In this process I ran across one of Brett's posts and dove in a little further and there found Trucking Truth and the High Road Training program! I didn't realize that I had found "Trucker's Gold!"

I was pleased at the layout of the High Road program. The short sections were easy to understand, but long enough to have the content I needed to learn to pass my permit exams. The other sections completely provide the support any driver could ever need.

When I got down to the cargo & paperwork sections, I must say that I was tempted to skip as those more than likely not be on any required exam. That would have been a huge mistake had I done that. Even the New York State Coil section was good information to have.

My advice is to go through it all! Go through it thoroughly the first time. I had a basic rule that if I missed more than 1 question on a section, I would repeat it until I understood it. After going though it all, I reviewed each section required for my exams right before going to test. I passed every test with some perfect scores and none under 88%. I think I missed 4 questions total on general, combinations, air brakes, tankers, doubles & triples, & Hazmat exams.

Some people have test taking anxiety. This is normal! We put pressure on ourselves because our future livelihood is on the line. But relax & trust what you've learned from the TT/High Road materials. You will do fine! The exam system that I had to use, allowed me to skip questions. It would end the exam after I had answered the correct number of questions. So if you're nervous as hell, just move on to another question that you'll probably know. Even though I had studied very thoroughly, I had a couple of questions that I didn't like how the answers were worded, so I skipped them and moved on to the next question. Every time I had to do that, I finished the exams before reaching the final question. I never needed to go back and try to answer any skipped questions. This method should allow you to score higher.

Although the Pre-Trip inspection isn't a part of the written exams, I found the flashcards very helpful to solidify what I had learned from the practice test & questions. This helped me to have a more solid visual picture of what a lot of the individual components were and what I should be looking for during test but also to start developing the habits I will need everyday and at every stop as a professional driver.

Keep your nose to the grindstone, eyes on road, & keep on Truckin'!

Cozybare St. Louis, MO

Pre-trip Inspection:

A pre-trip inspection is a thorough inspection of the truck completed before driving for the first time each day.

Federal and state laws require that drivers inspect their vehicles. Federal and state inspectors also may inspect your vehicles. If they judge a vehicle to be unsafe, they will put it “out of service” until it is repaired.

CDL:

Commercial Driver's License (CDL)

A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:

  • Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
  • Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
  • Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.

HAZMAT:

Hazardous Materials

Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations

Doubles:

Refers to pulling two trailers at the same time, otherwise known as "pups" or "pup trailers" because they're only about 28 feet long. However there are some states that allow doubles that are each 48 feet in length.

Dm:

Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager

The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.

DMV:

Department of Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Motor Vehicles

The state agency that handles everything related to your driver's licences, including testing, issuance, transfers, and revocation.

HOS:

Hours Of Service

HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
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